Wood has minor back problem

Wedge stresses the issue is minor. Many hands are wrung.

UPDATE: Per Castro again, Wood had a full workout today and expects to throw a full bullpen session tomorrow. [Jay]

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I am not panicking! I am not panicking! I am not panicking!

by PatBordersHelmet on Feb 25, 2009 6:55 PM EST reply actions

nooooooooooo

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Feb 25, 2009 7:26 PM EST reply actions

by JulioBernazard on Feb 25, 2009 11:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Darth Vader is an Indians fan?

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Feb 26, 2009 10:40 AM EST up reply actions

Of course. He’s sick of having his image misappropriated by the Yankees.

Signature to be named later.

by emd2k3 on Feb 26, 2009 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

He just hates injuries of any kind.

by JulioBernazard on Feb 26, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions

well he was a Force fan…so it stands to reason…

by DontCallMeJoey on Feb 26, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions

Great MISL reference.

by JulioBernazard on Feb 26, 2009 1:00 PM EST up reply actions

I’m achieving a zen state. First, I panic, zen I pass out.

by Julie on Feb 25, 2009 7:37 PM EST reply actions

Everybody stay calm!!!

So this back issue, if it is, indeed, as minor as it appears, isn’t really much of a setback at all.

"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter

by Denver Tribe Fan on Feb 25, 2009 7:39 PM EST reply actions

It’s updated that Wood is supposed to pitch a bullpen session Friday.

I must breathe now.

by cclemens31 on Feb 25, 2009 7:42 PM EST reply actions

Not worried. This is Cleveland… if Wood gets hurt, it’ll be right before the playoffs after pitching brilliantly all year.

by OddlyGaussian on Feb 25, 2009 9:30 PM EST reply actions

Banned.

I refuse to ever root for a team that routinely does the MVP chant for opposing players.

by TheVanillaGorilla on Feb 26, 2009 1:14 AM EST up reply actions

Epic username.

"Less of an Indians fan" - Jay

by Voltaire on Feb 26, 2009 1:28 AM EST up reply actions

First page, really? Wasn’t 1500 comments for a spring training game enough? Are we trying to get banned from SBN? (If we are, I want in.)

by Thommy on Feb 25, 2009 10:16 PM EST reply actions

Isn’t a “minor back problem” an oxymoron?

by Ryan on Feb 26, 2009 12:14 AM EST reply actions

God let’s hope not. Maybe he just slept wrong and got a crick. I do that all the time, and I can still throw 97 with a devastating 12-6 curve.

I'm *always* in the driver's seat, cugino -- Chuck

by Turkmenbashi on Feb 26, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs

as Wedge said to the PD, “We want him ready for April 6th, not March 6th” . . .

by Les Fleurs Du Mal on Feb 26, 2009 9:46 AM EST reply actions

Well, thank god your back isn’t important when pitching.

by Toxicadam on Feb 26, 2009 9:49 AM EST reply actions

This is literally the last thing I wanted to hear this morning.

I'm *always* in the driver's seat, cugino -- Chuck

by Turkmenbashi on Feb 26, 2009 10:00 AM EST reply actions

If the FO says it’s minor, that’s good enough for me. It’s not like they’ve ever minimized an injury before.

Besides, I hear JoBo’s available, so we’ve got that going for us.

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Feb 26, 2009 11:24 AM EST reply actions 2 recs

Point taken.

by hans on Feb 26, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions

ow.

by emil minty on Feb 26, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions

Start worrying if he starts doing the "towel drill".

by Rick B on Feb 26, 2009 11:50 AM EST reply actions

Kerry Wood said he will have a full workout session this morning and throw his bullpen session tomorrow. Like Eric Wedge yesterday, he shrugged off his lower back soreness as only a minor concern.

Castro FTW.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Feb 26, 2009 12:37 PM EST reply actions

March 22, 2008:

The Cubs decided against pitching Wood both Thursday and Friday after he missed his appearance Wednesday with back spasms, so the revised plan had him pitching back-to-back days for the first time Sunday or Monday. Of course, today is Saturday, so we have no idea what’s going on now. Wood, who has allowed four runs and walked none in nine innings this spring, is supposed to be named the Cubs’ closer at some point in the near future.

Things worked out OK last year, as I recall.

by FredOx on Feb 26, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Cleveland fans, welcome to life living with Kerry Wood. He is a tremendous competitor and professional but you will be living on pins and needles with the fragile physical condition of his body for the next two years.

by BLou on Feb 26, 2009 4:07 PM EST reply actions